Olivia was smashing chips all over the kitchen floor with her feet, I asked her, "Olivia, why are you smashing chips all over my floor?" Livvy said, "To frustrate you." She said it so matter of factly I didn't think I had heard her right. I said, "did you say to frustrate me?" She responded, "yes, am I frustrating you Mom?" I told her she was and I didn't like her to do that so she went and got her broom and cleaned up her own mess.
In the store the other day she was throwing a fit while I was talking to another lady, afterwards, I told her she was in trouble for throwing a fit and didn't get her treat anymore, her reply, "I don't care Mom!"
Yesterday she lay in her bed for an hour but never went to sleep during nap time. I had to let her get up after an hour so we could go get Madi from school. When I went in there she said, "Mom, I want a Different Mommy!" She really didn't say it mean, just matter of factly. I saw a lady while we were driving to the school and said, "ok I will take you to that lady's house and she can be your mom." She said, "ok." While waiting for Madi she just kept repeating over and over, "I want a different mommy."
so, wouldn't you agree I am in trouble?? Way to smart for her own good!
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Oh boy! I can relate. That is pretty funny---I am laughing. Sarah's three's were the worst. Maybe you can get it over with during Livvy's two's. :)
I agree with Katrina! Maybe you'll get it over with sooner...at least that is our way to positively reframe it for you. ha ha ;-) Emily is 4 and it seems whenever she doesn't get her way these days, she wishes she had a different family, and that we would just throw her in the garbage can, or that she would just DIE! My, oh my, yep, she is our best drama queen yet. Even Jessa and Lizzie had their moments, but I can say with confidence that from about Kindergarten to at least 3rd grade now, they are the absolute angels I always dreamed of! I'm trying to hang on to their loveable doting on us parents for as long as we can into those teenage years, where invariably they will begin to act between 2 and 4 years old again. ha ha! Keep a good journal of Livvy's comments, she'll LOVE to read them when she is older and question if she could have ever really said those things. :-) ~Jenn
Love them always, someday they will grow up just like you did. And look how good you are. Do you remember when I helped Jeff pack because he wanted to run away so bad. That cured him. I just say love them.
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